午睡

Character by character

• 午wǔ4 strokesHSK 1seventh earthly branch
• 睡shuì13 strokesHSK 1sleep, doze

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 午睡. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 睡shuìHSK 1

  to sleep; to lie down

• 下午xià wǔHSK 1

  afternoon; p.m.

• 睡觉shuì jiàoHSK 1

  to go to bed; to sleep

• 上午shàng wǔHSK 1

  morning

• 中午zhōng wǔHSK 1

  noon; midday

• 睡着shuì zháoHSK 4

  to fall asleep

• 午餐wǔ cānHSK 2

  lunch; luncheon

• 睡眠shuì miánHSK 5

  sleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode

• 午饭wǔ fànHSK 1

  lunch

• 睡袋shuì dàiHSK 7

  sleeping bag

• 酣睡hān shuìHSK 7

  to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep

• 端午节duān wǔ jiéHSK 6

  Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)